the aftershocks of the wounded warrior projects and top executives getting fired. >> from my ankle to about six inches up. surprising reactions from local veterans. >> we head to louisiana. people on edge because of historic flooding. we will take you there and show you more images live. changes this weekend to the

petersburg. first we start with former first lady nancy reagan. her funeral just wrapping up moments ago. 1,000 people invited. the daughters of president nixon and johnson and formerer president george w bush. president obama. here's a letter from their first christmas at the white house. >> how do i love thee? let me count the ways. for me, no way to count. i love the whole gang of you. mommy, first lady, the sentimental you. the fun you.

>> nancy is being buried today next to her husband. the 94-year old former first lady died sunday at her home in los angeles. right now there are plenty of questions to be answered by veteran's charity wounded warrior project. the executives were fired on accusations they were spend the money on themselves. >> only about 15% goes back to the veterans. that is the now's nicole brown. they don't like the news but still trying to be positive in hopes of getting the support they need. >> reporter: walking now is harder for charles clay baker but having a leg is truly a miracle.

21 screws in my ankle. >> reporter: after five tours in 2010 the army ranger was in a military aircraft in his platoon when they crashed breaking about every bone in his leg. tell us he's able to walk with no prosthetics today, just a cane. >> adding a prosthetic would have been another severe issue to compensate for. >> reporter: he's one of our wounded veterans in saint petersburg never actually helped by the wonded warriors. >> our goal is to help combat vets and help themselves. >> dave winters and his foundation has worked with charles and other wounded veterans too teaching blind veterans like in this video how to hunt. he says he's seen firsthand at a local level some of the good

negative. we hope the right people will get in there and take the money in the bank and do great things. >> for charles every step to helping veterans is its own way of healing. nicole grig. chelsea in the bay area today campaigning for her mother. our crews were there for it. she talks about the need for someone like her mother as an advocate for universal health care and to help choose who will fill the supreme court vacancy. this video into the now in marco rubio. we'll be at the campaign event today in west palm. in the bay area you can hear more from marco rubio in

he will rally in key largo tomorrow. donald trump said he's not stopping the violence at his rallies. a sucker punch and take down, we have seen crazy things. instead he says they should hit back. >> i thought it was very appropriate. he was swinging and hitting people and the audience hit back. that's what we need. >> another heated exchange at a trump event today. this at a rally outside st. louis. police struggling with the protestor and that video we showed you yesterday out of north carolina the man says he didn't like how the protestor looked so that's why he hit him.

has nothing to do with his campaign. former gop challenger ben carson endorsed donald trump today. . ben carson's announcement a surprise to some. the tension can be felt today. he said it's about unifying the republican party. >> we buried the hatchet. that was political stuff. that happens in american politics. >> reporter: dr. ben carson ran a campaign in stark contrast to donald trump. his tone was slow and calming but even he is backing the donald. >> it wasn't clear what carson's agenda might be at this point. >> reporter: carson's move puts the gop in an interesting position.

strategy other than the one mitt romney proposed. >> we should support kasich in ohio and marco rubio in florida to keep anyone from getting a majority of delegates and it forces an interesting fore fight at the convention but not everyone is on board with that. >> and certainly not carson. >> it's not about me or mr. trump. it's about america. >> ben is going to have a big big part. maybe ben doesn't even know this but he will have a big part. we want to keep that kind of talent. >> reporter: there's speculation about what role carson could play in a trump ticket and if the party has any choice but to give him the nomination. >> i keep looking for good historical examples and we just don't have them. >> reporter: ben carson is the second candidates to endorse trump. the first was chris christie

now we see the timing on carson's dropping out. it is all strategic. it's all right here on tuesday. we are keeping everyone updated on all things democracy. early voting for the florida presidential ends tomorrow for all bay counties. head to abc action news right here on the front page. it addresses the times when you can show up. check here to make it a smooth process. there's still time on the clock tonight for people who want to get in their early voting. how is the weather looking? >> fabulous and warm. take a look at the main sail in. beautiful dead to head to the beach today. so if you got that time in, today i bet you enjoyed it. take a look at the blue skies on

more good beach days ahead. take a look at the last three hours. i'm seeing green moving to the west of i-95. nothing in our immediate area but just showing moisture is building and we certainly have plenty of heat out there. there's a slight chance you could encounter an isolated shower this evening but that would mainly be inland. i don't think it's likely but i wouldn't totally rule it out at this point. 84 degrees in tampa. saint pete 80 degrees. talk about warmth for this time of year. plenty of sun out there and the winds have calmed down. you notice the gusty winds earlier today but starting to see improvements. so if you're planning on heading out to cast your vote, expect temperatures to mainly be in the mid to upper 70s over the next couple of hours. it will continue to be humidity but dry across the area. better chances for rain are

talk more about the humidity. are you having any trouble like this? >> i'll let you know how long the humidity will stick around. a lot of talk today about president obama speaking at south by south west rather than being at former first lady nancy reagan funeral and now we find out why. fda working to produce a

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1,000 invited guests including former presidents and first ladies and children of former presidents as well. we mentioned at the top of the show president obama was not at the funeral. he is the keynote speaker at south by south west in austin ex-texas. there's no mandate about a current president going to a fofrmer first lady's funeral. this is the first time a current president has participated in the tech and music event in south and south west. let's take a listen. >> before i came in here, i met

people, entrepreneurs and movie makers and organizers and tech leaders to talk about how we make a real difference on countering violent extremism. it's not enough if we're going to defeat isil just to take out their leadership or to control certain territories. if in the virtual world they are consistently reaching kids here in the united states or elsewhere in the world and recruiting them, and twisting their minds to do terrible things, we have to be able to >> reporter: that's president obama speaking at south by south west in austin, texas. michelle obama will give her speech next wednesday and plans to talk about an initiative to break barriers for millions of girls not in school. new disturbing information. about 13 bald eagles found dead

now investigators with u.s. fish and wildlife service says it appears someone killed the birds. results show they didn't die of natural causes like the bird flu. the reward to find the person who did this is $25,000. killing a bald eagle is a federal crime. right now in south africa, this is international groups this is international groups that keep track of this and say poachers killed more than 1300 rhinos last year. there's a growing belief in asia that rhino horns can cure cancer. save the rhino, a nonprofit organization, is trying to stop them. they donate part of their sales

have found their business does far more than that. you'll find candles and women and artisans hard at work. they're creating art that chances are you would never see if not for two dear friends. >> hi, how are you doing? >>reporter: their friendship spans four decades and half way around the world. she and her husband are entrepreneurs and moved overseas years ago. chris fell in love with the people and saw an opportunity. >> they don't want to beg or something for nothing. but they want to be able to provide for themselves. >> reporter: she noticed many had artistic skills. >> she said there's so much beautiful art work in south africa that doesn't have a way to the u.s. market. >> reporter: they wanted to change that so they came up with

thumbprint artifacts was born. there are beautiful hand crafted beaded animals. >> he brings in relatives near and far to make these. >> reporter: the women make these tea bag candles. the tea is removed and the bags become a canvas for local artists. >> the women pick up a stack of two bags and take them home and paint them and sell them back to the company the next day. >> reporter: becky visited south africa to learn firsthand the stories with chris and they website. the items are also sold in 250 gift shops and art galleries and museums around the u.s. including the smithsonian. the tag line for thumbprint artifacts "making a difference through hand crafted gifts" and that they are. listen to how this woman puts it. >> at the end of the day we sit

i did and i'm so proud of it. here's something really cool. take a look at this video here. watch as huge chunks of ice fall off this glacier in argentina. this is called the white giant. it. scientists say there's nothing but local warming. park rangers say the water builds up behind it and tunnels through it and makes an ice bridge that eventually collapses making for spectacular images. i want to bring in shea ryan. she's glued to this. >> i know, i posted this on my facebook because i just couldn't get enough. i love the colors too. i love the fact it's 85 degrees outside in some places.

>> this is the only way we get a sense of a chill. lookout side now and you see blue skies and sunshine. certainly not seeing chilly temps any time soon. we have the southeast early flow we have been talking about for days pumping in the warmth and also some low level moisture. you know that as humidity. you noticed we have been talking about the friz sdi the -- -- frizzy hair situation. we're going to be dry here for tonight for the most part and then other than maybe a sprinkle or drizzle well inland we will see more humidity conditions building and the green you saw was for tomorrow. still, i don't think most of it will make its way to the ground. you notice the humidity sticking around. most of the summer we're in the

above 60 we start to get into the sticky to uncomfortable range and certainly is noticeable out there. right now most of our dew points are somewhere from the mid 50s to low 60s. i was watching tampa earlier today. it's in that sticky to almost uncomfortable range and as i was looking at the dew points over the next several days and they are primarily in the low 60s to expect that stickiness to continue. if you're heading out tomorrow to the valspar championship, it's looking great. temperatures will be in the mid 80s across much of the area possibly just a tad lower in palm harbor and wind speeds at 5-10 miles per hour. i'll have more coming up on what you can expect in the days ahead and also the grand prix. talk about that and the rain

we'll check back soon. more than a dozen dogs that need a good home are headed to the bay area and what they have been

right now 14 dogs rescued from an arkansas puppy mill are headed to tampa bay. take a look at these pictures. they are different ages and going to be evaluated by the staff as soon as they get to town. they're supposed to be here in the next hour. once they get clear, they will be available for adoption.

arizona that does not end in a rescue. someone stole a work truck from a business. the suspect was waving a gun at him as they drove off. it happened in less than ten seconds. the whole thing. but much more than the truck was stolen. the family cat -- you see the photo -- the family cat was inside as well. >> if i can get her back i will move on from everything else. i'm done with the belongings and everything else. just i need her back. >> the family says at this point they don't care about the truck. they want their cat back and make sure she is okay. the grand prix of saint petersburg is underway. the changes you need to know

if you were anywhere near

you will see a lot of this and hear the roaring of the race cars. >> jake can barely hear us. look at him. no clue what we're saying. jake, how are you doing out there? >>reporter: good morning. i have been wearing ear plugs all day it's got me messed up. this is just a practice. for the folks who have been setting up and trying to secure the event, their main event began days ago. >> what a racetrack this is. >> reporter: before people like chuck morris can take in this. >> i have been excited all day. >> reporter: they have to go through this. security is checking all bags before you enter the venue. it's a new security measure before the 2016 race

this point. >> reporter: that job starts here in the private demand center where local agencies monitor cameras around the area. there are more obvious layers on the street. >> the public is our greatest alie in terms of safety at a major event like this. -- -- alie. >> it's important for people to not hesitate. if they see something that causes them suspicion, tell the police department. >> you can text a tip to the police department by texting to 411. if you plan to take in the action tomorrow by water at the south yacht basin you must have a dock pass. that is something new this year for those taking in the action by water.

have a boat, where can we park? ? >>reporter: the media lot was full when we got here so we had to park in street parking about two blocks away. the garages that cost $20 to park were full. so my advice is get here early. don't park in a business parking lot because they will tow you. we saw several cars getting towed at $100 a pop. >> $100 a pop? >> yes. >> don't get towed. if racing is not your thing, fast cars and freedom and maybe you just want to go outside and enjoy awesome weather -- i want believe it's already that warm out there. >> we are well above average for these temperatures. the heat is staying with us.

races here on saturday in saint pete, temperatures will be a little more mild than what they will be inland. you're waking up and heading out the door in the upper 60s by 11:00. we're into the low 70s and topping out in the upper 70s for the grand prix. we have a 10% chance for rain race day. rain chances are going up on sunday though. i will be timing out the rain and showing you who has the best chance for rain across the area coming up in the four day forecast and this has changed since yesterday. i'll have that update ahead. we'll check back soon. last night's third athlete benefits cause was a huge success. i'm so glad to see an event that raised at least $250,000 just last night for many bay area charities. truly awesome.

the whole lightning team showed up plus chris archer giving me his infamous volume. there's murphy from the bucks. my co-anchor, laura harris. she was tweeting and facebooking all over the place. awesome sports memorabilia. one of the great causes behind this event. this foundation gives kids battling cancer a night out with their family to enjoy a hockey game. if everyone at your workplace was carrying a gun, would you feel safe? one man says yes and he's

looking for two gunmen at a barbecue in pennsylvania. one of the women killed was a eight-month pregnant woman. her unborn child is considered a sixth victim. three others were hurt. the mother of the victims left the barbecue just before the shooting happened and her six year old grandson saw everything happening from inside the house. she has a message for the gunmen. >> you just didn't take innocent lives. you made children lose their parents. you got to stop it now. >> yesterday afternoon friends family and neighbors held a vigil outside the home calling for the community to rally together against crime. police believe at least one victim was specifically targeted. seems like every day we're

often times with several people dying. so would your workplace be safer if everyone carried a gun? there's an owner of a small insurance business making it happen. >> he's requiring his employees to carry guns to work. they have to get a concealed carry gun permit and get trained. he will give each of them a reinvolver. the workers have embraced this requirement -- -- revolve involver. >> more than 20 states including florida people can keep guns in their cars at work and there are companies that let you bring a gun to the office but actually requiring it, that is pretty rare from what we can find. the business owner says he decided to do it because anyone

want to -- those are his words. this may go along with the studies from boston university. they looked at 25 types of state level gun laws aimed at reducing gun deaths. they found only nine were effective. the top three were background checks for buying guns, ammunition and firearm identification. the sandbagging continues in louisiana and the rain is coming down. washing more than 20,000 loads of clothes for free. how you can help this weekend with this nonprofit for

the new emergency management director is putting his stamp on how officials will respond in tough times during the future. tornado drill. kevin was brought in to improve disasters. >> i am confident with my 25 years of experience the last ten in emergency management combined with my employees will be prepared in the future. >> the tornado destroyed 46 homes. and it's not letting up now.

louisiana about 45 miles east of baton rouge. people are getting through with boats. these are supposed to be streets. the entire state is under the state of emergency right now. when the rain stops the danger continues at least through monday. now walker is in louisiana right now. right next to the red bayou, you can see it's almost to the top of the levy. >> reporter: volunteers putting down sandbags to keep the levy from leaking because the homes there could be flooded as the water keeps rising. >> reporter: when the sandbags start coming out it's clear things are getting bad. only seniors in high school can watch. they have seen it bad before. >> a long time ago they had to rebuild the bridge because it's flooded over the bridge. >> this rain is salt in the

>> reporter: they have been out of school three days because of historic flooding near shooefr port, louisiana. the rain has slowed down but problems keep growing. >> it goes over the levies and other bayous will make them flood over. this whole area is just flood plains. when it it gets over a certain point, it's not good. >> they had sandbags put up and houses back there starting to flood. >> reporter: they hope it won't happen again. everybody does but everybody has also seen it get bad before it's in people's backyards. it's getting bad. >> reporter: the rain has started again and issued a flash flood warning which corporates through the evening here. not good news for these folks. the officials are keeping their eye on the bend in the levy.

2009 causing the water to go in the homes. i'm todd walker for the now. the levels have not been this high in 25 years. five people have died in three states hit by the heavy rains over the past few days. you wonder could something like that happen here. we have seen it before in this area of tampa bay? >> remember, this is almost the same spot that we were looking at yesterday and the same set up with the system and so talking about a slow mover, it's barely moved in the last two days and will start to pick up forward motion and get weaker as well over the next 24-36 hours. since it's a slow moving system it's not moving across our state. the higher rain chances are until sunday so we're still in the pattern with south easterly

and slight chances for rain until sunday late morning to early afternoon. so i brought up the time line just a little bit. i do think by 11:00 in the morning we may start to see consistent rain. even before that it's unlikely we will see rain but you could see an isolated shower after 11:00. all bets are off and we will see rain around downtown tam into pel pel county and we could see the grand prix affected. if you're planning on heading to those events, saturday is the better day out of the two, the more guarantee of a lot of good dry hours. only about a 10% chance for passing shower in the afternoon. if you're planning on heading to the beaches, saturday will be warmer with 80s as a high. the next four days one thing you can't forget about -- it's time to turn the clocks forward. spring up. so between saturday night or

get up, put the clocks forward and it's that time of year again. the temperature comes down a bit with the increased cloud cover and the chances for rain. dennis is fine tuning numbers and we'll take a look at the forecast for the next seven days coming up at action news at 5:00. japan is marking the anniversary of the tsunami that hit five years ago killing 20,000 people. this is one of the strongest ever reported and they will surely remember this. five years later the recovery is far from over. at a preschool they have a radiation detector on the playground. they scan the food the children eat for contamination.

still in temporary housing meant to last just three years. it will take another 35 years to decommission that nuclear plant. here's something you don't see every day. look at this, an airplane on the beach. the pilot was forced to make an emergency landing in new york today. the two people on the plane walked away without a scratch. investigators are still trying to figure out what may have gone wrong here. hope today for 100,000 people on the waiting list for a new kidney in the united states. throughout the southeast reincluding florida the average time could be more than five years. but there's new technology out there changing the game when it comes to how long someone is forced to wait for the life saving transplant. using an incompatible kidney is

doctors found a way to do it and make it work. it alters the immune system to let the transplant happen. doctors are calling the process revolutionary and hoping it will be applied to other organ transplants. an amazing story there. i got another amazing story. is it a coincidence or terrible irony? several lawmakers may have gotten sick from drinking raw milk they had while celebrating passing a billeting people in west virginia drink the milk that's not past rised. some of the lawmakers say this is just a stomach bug and it's a coconsequence dense. the new west virginia law lets people drink raw milk if they sign a document recognizing the health risks. ashley, by the way it's illegal to sell raw milk in florida, georgia and alabama but west virginia isn't the only state to take up the debate over raw milk recently.

by the way it's legal in some form in 30 states. most milk we drink is past rised. so that means it's heated briefly to a high temperature killing bacteria that can make us sick. 79% of dairy related outbreaks up until 2011 came from raw dairy products so why would anyone want to drink raw milk? advocates say it's more nutritious and they claim germs. they say it destroys flavor and nutrients. they say the heating processing nutrients and you can get them from other food sources. enzymes aren't thought to be critical for our health at least according to advocates. >> to hear "raw milk" -- yeah, bacteria gets a bad wrap for making us sick but it could be

bottles piling up in land fills. a new strain of bacteria can eat plastic. scientists in japan discovered this. when the bacteria breaks down the plastic used in bottle drinks like cosmetics and cleaners in your home -- there are two enzymes that can cut the plastic into smaller pieces and the bacteria converts it to carbon dioxide and water. that's a concern because of what car don dioxide does to the atmosphere. >> the bacteria can be the answer to the problem. it takes hundreds of years for plastic bottles to break down. that's according to a recent report from the world economic forum. researches say more plastic by

we're taking a live look in springfield, missouri. this is actually a hillary clinton rally happening and as you can tell, that's former president bill clinton speaking getting ready for the primaries about to happen. ours in florida happening on tuesday. let's listen in. >> one thing a lot of people don't think about unless there's somebody in their family affected -- the largest growing consumer market in america is among americans with disabilities. their incomes are going up. when i was president, i signed a bill that allowed people to keep their medicaid if they went to work and they couldn't get hired otherwise because their costs

we have got to do more to get people with disabilities back in the work force. >> this is a hillary clinton campaign in missouri. she was here yesterday in tampa. our primary is on tuesday here in florida. anyone who has ever had a baby or know someone who has or seen a baby -- you get it. you know diapers can be expensive. >> that is the word on the street here. so much so families can't afford them. today they announced a any initiative to make diapers more affordable. the white house says about one in three families have trouble affording diapers for their babies. they are not covered by the

launch at the end of the month. online retailer jet.com and cuties diapers and several nonprofits are getting together to make this happen. clean clothes -- when was the last time you weren't able to wear clean clothes to work or your kids not able to wear clean clothes to school? it's happening to more families here in the tampa bay area. one man is trying to change all that. >> it was either do them in the mat. >> reporter: she said paying to wash clothes is sometimes the hardest part. to wash is around 2-$four and buying detergent is at least a

her family spending 40 to $50 a week. that's where jason comes in. >> there's a lot of dignity that comes from clean clothes. >> reporter: a nonprofit that started the laundry product here in tampa, they did 23,000 loedz of laundry for people in 24 cities across the country. 17,000 of those were in tampa bay. all for free. >> they are choosing between buying groceries or doing laundry and nine times of out ten food wins. >> reporter: a grass root effort, owner of true fit gym in tampa. >> we think we did about a 100 gallons. >> they are hoping to donate detergent to help volunteers who set up shop once or twice a year in hopes of families have one less thing to worry about.

clothes. it's like taking a shower. it's a necessity. you have to have it. >> tomorrow at the big wash college hill on north 29th street in tampa from 10:00 to 1:00. if you can donate detergent go by and drop some off. we posted the information you need now on the now tampa bay.com. thank you so much for joining us on this friday edition. abc action news at 5:00 starts now. she's innocent. >> a little girl caught in the cross hairs. a break in the search for drive by shooters as parents fear their children could be next. profiting from human

hull hogan's lawyers are laying team marco rubio telling supporters in one state not to vote for him. what's behind the strange request. joining us. i'm wendy ryan and i'm ashley glass. police searching for the suspects that they shot at a three-year old girl and a man. abc action news join ashley york joins us live. how are the victims? >>reporter: the victims are expected to be okay, even the little girl shot in the stomach. police found the car the yet. i spoke with neighbors who say the violence needs to stop and that's crystal clear with children getting shot. >> i look at her and i think you know, i think about that baby because that could have been her.